(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Doha: The seventh Ajyal Film Festival concludes today with more magical performances and compelling feature films.
Ajyal's Wonder & Under the Moonlight Cine-Concert will offer a unique musical show, presented by the Forum des Images, to delight young and old. A feast for all the senses, a thrilling selection of shorts about tales of the stars, sun and moon will be held at 11.30am at Katara Building 16 and is free to the public. Live musicians will accompany: Get the Moon by Jutta Schünemann, Sooner or Later by Jadwiga Kowalska, Lunette by Phoebe Warries, A Little Star by Svetlana Andrianova, and Little Wolf by An Vrombaut.
Ajyal Tunes got off to a rocking start on Thursday with electrifying performances from Doha's underground music scene, featuring talented youth artists Sana Zharandi, Amjad Essam, Savanna Rose, Varun, Omar Abdulaziz, Ayman Shukur, Jerin Jose, Jueun, Mothanna, and Omar Alyafai among others, curated by Qatari artist Dana Almeer. Qatar-based singer/songwriter and rapper Mvrs rounded off the show with a stirring rap performance. An exciting celebration of musical talents from every discipline, Ajyal Tunes is part of the festival's growing artistic scope showcasing and celebrating arts and culture from every discipline.
Don't miss out on the last day of the Ajyal Creativity Hub and its bustling activities at Geekdom, Qatar's largest pop-culture event presented in partnership with Qatar National Tourism Council, and ARC, Ajyal's interactive multimedia exhibition featuring artworks by 19 of Qatar's most promising artists and creative talents. Located in Katara Buildings 18 and 19, all performances and exhibits will remain open to the public until 10pm.
The Feel short film programme screening at VOX Cinemas, Doha Festival City, at 12.30pm includes Belles étoiles (France/2017) by Naïma Di Piero and Elhadj Sidib; Like an Elephant in a China Shop (France/2017) by Louise Chevrier, Luka Fischer, Rodolphe Groshens, Marie Guillon, Estelle Martinez, Benoit Paillard, Lisa Rasasombat; Hedgehog (France/2018) by Vaibhav Keswani, Jeanne Laureau, Colombine Majou, Morgane Mattard, Kaisa Pirttinen, and Jong-ha Yoon; Maha'mel (Ships) (Qatar/2018) by Dhabya AlMuhannadi; The Stained Club (France/2018) by Mélanie Lopez, Simon Boucly, Marie Ciesielski, Alice Jaunet, Chan Stéphie Peang, Béatrice Viguier; Beit Byoot (Jordan, Qatar/2019) by Mayar Hamdan; The Unlucky Hamster (Qatar, Indonesia/2019) by Abdulaziz Mohammed Khashabi; Child of the Earth (Switzerland, USA/2018) by Claudio Fäh; The Kite (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland/2019) by Martin Smatana; and Nada Bedair's Paper Kite (Qatar/2019).
The Overcome short film selection, screening at 3pm at VOX Cinemas, Doha Festival City includes: Layla (UK/2019) by Celine Cotran; Jolanta Bańkowska's Story (Poland/2019); Youth (Egypt, USA/2019) by Farida Zahran; Thermostat 6 (France/2018) by Maya Av-ron, Mylène Cominotti, Marion Coudert, Sixtine Dano; Maradona's Legs (Germany, Palestine/2019) by Firas Khoury; Esperança (France/2019) by Cécile Rousset, Jeanne Paturle, Benjamin Serero; Fault Line (Iran/2018) by Soheil Amirsharifi; Baptiste Drapeau's Half and Half (France/2018); The Helmet (Yemen/2019) by Osama Khaled; Memo (France/2017) by Julien Becquer, Éléna Dupressoir, Jules Durand, Viviane Guimarães, Ines Scheiber; Refuge (Qatar/2019) by Maha Essid; and Fragile (Qatar/2019) by Kholood Al-Ali.
Today's selection of feature films includes For Sama (Syria, UK/2019) by Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts screening at VOX Cinemas, Doha Festival City at 5.30pm, Ailo's Journey (France, Finland/2018) by Guillaume Maidatchevsky at Novo Cinemas, the Pearl, at 5.30pm, Bombay Rose (India, France, UK, Qatar/2019) by Gitanjali Rao at 8.30pm at Novo Cinemas, the Pearl, You Will Die at Twenty (Sudan, France, Egypt, Germany, Norway, Qatar/2019) by Amjad Abu Alala at VOX Cinemas, Doha Festival City at 8.30pm and Honeyland (North Macedonia/2019) by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska at 6pm at VOX Cinemas, Doha Festival City.
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